ADF upside down and swollen leg

[Warwick_A]

Hi, I got two new ADFs a few days ago. On day two I noticed that one was upside down on the bottom swimming in circles. I noticed he (assuming it's a he??) had a very swollen leg and figured he would struggle swimming up to the surface so put him in a floating breeding box near the top of the tank so he could at least get up for air! I'm hand feeding him bloodworms when I can, but he seems pretty reluctant, often spitting worms out after swallowing them. If I flip him over he'll stay the right way up and move around a little bit, but if he does flip over then he can't get back over without help.

I've attached pictures of the leg from various angles - any ideas on what this might be and if there's any treatment?

The other ADF is perfectly fine and water parameters are as expected.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Colin_T]

It's either physical damage to the hip or it has a bad infection. Either way it's bad and looks really painful.

About all I can suggest is keep the water clean and keep feeding it as much as it can eat to help build it up physically. If it is a broken or damaged hip, then it should heal by itself, assuming it doesn't get infected. However, if it gets infected or is infected, there probably isn't much hope for it.

 

[Warwick_A]

Thanks, to be honest I wouldn't be surprised if it was a damaged/broken hip, the way the guy at the LFS was hammering his net around to catch the pair did have me concerned at the time...

He's starting to eat a bit more now so I'll keep going with that. Hopefully it isn't an infection/doesn't get infected and he pulls through ?